9.01.2015

A domestic crisis

The local Staples doesn’t sell Rolodex cards any more. My sister is distraught. 

Wait. Can’t place “Rolodex"?

From Wikipedia:

"The Rolodex was invented in 1956, by the Danish engineer Hildaur Neilsen, the chief engineer of Zephyr American, a stationery manufacturer in New York.[1][2] First marketed in 1958,[3] it was an improvement to an earlier design called the Wheeldex. Zephyr American also invented, manufactured and sold the Autodex, a spring-operated phone directory that automatically opened to the selected letter, Swivodex, an inkwell that did not spill, Punchodex, a paper hole puncher, and Clipodex, an office aid that attached to a stenographer's knee.[4]"

Remember now? (I’m guessing none of them are big sellers these days.)

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